Earlier this week, we had a chance to speak with the #1 contender to the AEW World Championship, \"The Exalted One\" Brodie Lee. He faces Jon Moxley in the main event of Saturday night\'s AEW Double or Nothing pay-per-view.
We had the chance to sit down with AEW\'s Brodie Lee recently for an exclusive interview. During the discussion, we asked Brodie about the possibility of his former teammate Erick Rowan\'s recent release from WWE.
\"I think Erick\'s a wonderful human being, he\'s a wonderful father, which is strange to say if you look at him,\" he said jokingly. \"We weren\'t always the best of friends early on in our tenure together but we became really good friends by the end. Somehow we always seem to find each other, at least for the last 8 years.\"
Brodie Lee then continued to talk about what might come next for some of the recent WWE releases.
\"I think it\'s going to be very refreshing to him and a guy like Zack Ryder/Matt Cardona, I think it\'s going to be very refreshing to them to be out of that bubble and to understand now the freedom that they have creatively. Ryder especially, who\'s done it before on his own, he\'s one of the most creative people you\'ll ever meet.\"
\"As soon as I was released, it\'s almost a weight off your shoulders. WWE gives you so much but as soon as its over, it\'s almost either panic or opportunity arises. It can be both but you have to learn to adjust and take it in as it comes.\"
Lee then said he feels Erick Rowan likely has a run in Japan coming up. Rowan has a history wrestling in the country, having trained at the Pro Wrestling NOAH dojo earlier in his career.
\"I think Erick Rowan is almost tailor-made for a Japan run. I don\'t know if we\'ll ever find each other over there because that would be pretty cool. Or if we\'ll find each other in AEW, who knows? I think there\'s going to be a lot of opportunity for these guys.\"
Order AEW Double or Nothing at BR Live (US) and FITE.TV (Internationally). Catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights on TNT.
Check out our full 18-minute interview with The Exalted One, Brodie Lee:
